# Felon WOW player drives across country to kill teenager. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757 "2009-09-03T16:17:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/21 "2009-09-03T20:18:35Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The number of weapons involved suggest more people would have been targeted. This man needs to separated from society. Prison is going to suck without a computer. Right, because if he wanted to shoot 4 people, 4 guns would make it much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/22 "2009-09-03T20:20:56Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Right, because if he wanted to shoot 4 people, 4 guns would make it much easier. what was in the car suggested a Columbine sized event. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/23 "2009-09-03T20:32:27Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Nor WoW players. The WoW players here are gonna cut you! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/24 "2009-09-03T20:33:15Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > what was in the car suggested a Columbine sized event. Bullshit. What was in the car suggests a person with a bit of a compulsive disorder. Or a Boy Scout with issues. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/25 "2009-09-03T20:39:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Bullshit. What was in the car suggests a person with a bit of a compulsive disorder. Or a Boy Scout with issues. There was no radioactive material, so he’s not a [Boy Scout](http://redinktexas.blogspot.com/2007/08/radioactive-boy-scout-is-at-it-again.html). He was caught collecting radioactive materials to build another reactor in August 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/26 "2009-09-03T20:52:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Bullshit. What was in the car suggests a person with a bit of a compulsive disorder. Or a Boy Scout with issues. He was on bail for mulitple firearms violations and he showed up wearing a police uniform trying to get to a child who refused his sexual advances. I’m not sure what multiple guns have with compulsive disorder but I say he planned something on a large scale. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/27 "2009-09-03T20:54:12Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > He was on bail for mulitple firearms violations and he showed up wearing a police uniform trying to get to a child who refused his sexual advances. I’m not sure what multiple guns have with compulsive disorder but I say he planned something on a large scale. I think this guy was about to have a massive shoot out too. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/28 "2009-09-03T20:56:43Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The WoW players here are gonna cut you! Nah, he wouldn’t give us any XP. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/29 "2009-09-03T21:11:35Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > Nah, he wouldn’t give us any XP. But what kind of loot might he drop? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/30 "2009-09-03T21:23:30Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > Nah, he wouldn’t give us any XP. Definitely no honor. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/31 "2009-09-03T21:26:17Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The number of weapons involved suggest more people would have been targeted. Check his quest log, might have needed to kill 10-20 people in which case he was properly equipped. Hopefully its still on 0/20 ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/32 "2009-09-03T21:54:32Z")
Sounds like he just planned to camp the respawn area for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/33 "2009-09-03T21:56:46Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > But what kind of loot might he drop? Wait a minute and I’ll look him up first. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/34 "2009-09-03T23:35:44Z")
How did he find out where this kid lived? That’s what was really scary here. Did the kid give him personal information? ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/35 "2009-09-04T00:47:49Z")
That’s something I would like to know too. But for all the people that are making jokes re World of Warcraft: this all hits very close to home. Madison is a kind of two - not six - degrees of separation kind of place. An event that could play out like this could have, it makes the blood run cold. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/36 "2009-09-04T00:54:24Z")
> [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](#): > > That’s something I would like to know too. But for all the people that are making jokes re World of Warcraft: this all hits very close to home. Madison is a kind of two - not six - degrees of separation kind of place. An event that could play out like this could have, it makes the blood run cold. The kid very likely told the guy his name. It sounds like they were more or less friends on the game until El Loco asked for the naked pictures, which freaked the kid out. With a name and city, you can find most people if you’re determined enough. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/37 "2009-09-04T04:36:56Z")
> [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](#): > > That’s something I would like to know too. But for all the people that are making jokes re World of Warcraft: this all hits very close to home. Madison is a kind of two - not six - degrees of separation kind of place. An event that could play out like this could have, it makes the blood run cold. Getting prospected for nude photos is a 1 in 100,000 sort of thing (for boys). That that guy is then an obsessive maniac drives that up to a 1 in 10,000,000 event. With this guy being captured, you’re pretty much safe for the next decade. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/38 "2009-09-04T06:38:20Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The kid very likely told the guy his name. It sounds like they were more or less friends on the game until El Loco asked for the naked pictures, which freaked the kid out. With a name and city, you can find most people if you’re determined enough. Without the background it is just kind of creepy too. And improbable that the felon would /t ‘Hey can I have a picture of you naked?’. They may have even chat for a while too. Usual rules apply. Don’t reveal your identity online. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/39 "2009-09-04T08:22:50Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Getting prospected for nude photos is a 1 in 100,000 sort of thing (for boys). That that guy is then an obsessive maniac drives that up to a 1 in 10,000,000 event. With this guy being captured, you’re pretty much safe for the next decade. I was with you until the [Monte Carlo fallacy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/40 "2009-09-04T11:57:59Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The kid very likely told the guy his name. It sounds like they were more or less friends on the game until El Loco asked for the naked pictures, which freaked the kid out. With a name and city, you can find most people if you’re determined enough. The teen might have even had a Facebook page and either given the guy the address or told him enough personal info that stalker-dude could find him. I play WoW and know a number of my “guildmates” have exchanged Facebook addresses or posted the links on our personal website. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757.md?page=3)